"You know, girls..."
"Yes, Twilight?"
"Recently, I've noticed something," said Twilight as she sat with her friends in front of the horse statue at Canterlot High. "Namely, all of you — excluding Sunset, of course — are a little different than the pony versions of you."
"How so?" Rarity raised an eyebrow. "Please do elaborate, darling."
"Well, there's nothing major from what I've seen, but for example, you seem to be even more gung-ho about dressmaking than your counterpart in Ponyville. In addition, the Equestrian version of Fluttershy has much more trouble with stage fright, though she's gone some way into overcoming it."
This time, it was Sunset Shimmer who spoke up. "That's odd. Do you know what's causing this?"
"Some of it I can pin down to events that have happened in one world or the other, but others are still a mystery. It's quite fascinating, really."
"How about me?" Rainbow asked. "Am I more awesome than the other me?"
"Well..." Twilight pondered the question a little. "While I don't think that's a judgment I can make without your expertise on what, exactly, constitutes as 'awesome', I can say that the pegasus Rainbow Dash has managed to tone down her ego a little bit better. Er, no offence."
"Hey, I only brag about things I know I'm great at. It's not my fault there's so many of them," the girl said with a grin.
Applejack gave her a dull stare. "Rainbow, you've boasted about nearly every other thing you've done. Heck, just last week you said you're the best kisser in the whole school."
"Oh yeah?" Rainbow waggled her eyebrows. "Care to try and prove me wrong?"
Applejack continued staring at the athlete, completely deadpan. She then moved next to her, held her head in her hands, and planted her lips against Rainbow's.
Neither of the girls moved, apart from their mouths.
"Umm... Applejack? Rainbow?"
"Are... you okay, girls?"
"Earth to Dashie!"
After a rather long while during which the other five girls stared in awkward silence, Rainbow Dash and Applejack finally separated, both panting for breath.
"I... I think we can call that one a draw," Rainbow said.
Once she caught her breath, Applejack smirked ever so slightly. "Well, we can't just leave it that, now can we?"
"Huh?"
"Last time I checked, you weren't the kind of person to settle for a draw just like that. Which means we gotta have a tiebreaker, doesn't it?"
As comprehension dawned on her face, Rainbow started to grin.
"So, sugarcube," Applejack said, tossing a flirty gaze at her. "Ready for Round Two?"
Rainbow returned the expression. "Oh, yeah."